Review of Stonewall

Stonewall (2015)
1/10
As far as love letters to LGBT community goes... no
12 May 2020
I'm seeing reviews that decry all the negative reviews because this movie was awesome. This movie was a cringe-inducing mess. The Filmmakers indicated it was supposed to be about Stonewall but they retconned the history (which could be a fascinating movie with very little embellishment) and refashioned it as some white-savior motivational flick. That, unfortunately isn't its biggest problem. The biggest problem is how pretty much every gay character in this film is portrayed in some sort of predatory fashion, something the community has tried to distance itself from over the years. And yet, this 'love letter' gets it wrong and claims to be representative. Overall, the movie is a large-scale mess. And it isn't even a lovingly crafted one at that.
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